OIL AND SHIPPING CONFERENCE

Wednesday 11 - Thursday 12 July 2018 ~ One and a half-day conference

This year’s programme will focus on what Africa is doing to prepare for the 2020 global 0.50% sulphur cap. It will examine the options for African refiners and suppliers and look at bunker quality issues.

It will look at in-shore and off-shore bunkering operations and the challenges and opportunities they create, especially in West Africa. And it will highlight the increasingly important Blue Economy, on which the entire maritime industry depends.

Legal, regulatory, political, technical, operational and environmental issues will all be covered in what promises to be a fascinating Africa-centred conference.

Standard Price: £1,065

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SPEAKERS SO FAR CONFIRMED INCLUDE:

• Hon. Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko, Minister of Energy, Ghana
• Ben Torkornno, Head of Operations, Ghana Oil Company Ltd (GOIL)
• Alpha Welbeck, Director of Operating, Pricing, Planning, National Petroleum Authority
• Seals Nukpe, Representative of UK International Trade and Investment
• Nigel Draffin, Technical Consultant, Author and Lecturer, Board Member, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
• Emmanuel Quartey, Consultant, Africa Refiners Association (ARA)
• James Cromwell, Country Manager, Intertek
• Lebene Ledi, Managing Director, Sea Maiden Shipping Services Ltd
• Musa Ado Ibn Saidu, Head of Manning & Safety, Sea Transport Services Nigeria Ltd
• Jean Chiazor Anishere, Principal Counsel, Jean Chiazor & Co (Ofianyi Chambers)
• Augustine Kidisil, Barrister and Solicitor, Kimathi Partners
• Timothy Kwame Oklu, Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Ventures
• Kumi Adjei-Sam, General Manager – Fishing Harbour, Port of Tema
• Peter Amoo-Bediako, Deputy Marketing & Public Affairs Manager, Port of Takoradi
• Abdi Ismail Kahin, General Manager, Red Sea Bunkering
• Capt. Catherine Haizel, Senior Lecturer, Regional Maritime University of Ghana
• Adam Stacey, Director of Development, Sailors’ Society

Programme details are updated on a daily basis and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed.

If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme and wish to present on any of the subjects listed, please email Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes at LBH@petrospot.com in order to be considered.

MONDAY 9 - TUESDAY 10 JULY
	Bunker Trading & Operations Course
WEDNESDAY 11 JULY
08:00	Conference Registration and Welcome Coffee
SESSION 1: BUILDING TRADING RELATIONSHIPS IN AFRICA
This session will look at developments in Ghana’s oil and gas sector and at ways in which this is driving trading activity between Ghana, its neighbours and the wider world.
09:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
09:10	Keynote speaker: Welcome to Ghana Hon. Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko, Minister of Energy, Ghana
09:30	Oil and gas development in Ghana Ben Torkornno, Head of Operations, Ghana Oil Company Ltd (GOIL)
09:50	Regulatory issues in the oil & gas sector Alpha Welbeck, Director of Operating, Pricing, Planning, National Petroleum Authority
10:10	Cementing international relationships: The United Kingdom and Ghana Seals Nukpe, Representative of UK International Trade and Investment
10:30	Networking Coffee Break
SESSION 2: 2020 AND THE GLOBAL SULPHUR CAP
This session will examine the impact on the oil and shipping sectors that the imposition of the international Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 0.50% sulphur cap will have on the shipping industry and how this will affect refiners, bunker suppliers and fuel buyers both in Africa and globally. It will also look at fuel availability, compliance and fuel quality issues, and at the IMO’s new greenhouse gas strategy.
10:45	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
10:50	Preparing for the global sulphur cap Nigel Draffin, Technical Consultant, Author and Lecturer, Board Member, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
11:10	IMO 2020: The Refiner’s perspective Emmanuel Quartey, Consultant, Africa Refiners Association (ARA)
11:30	IMO 2020: Fuel quality management in a changing environment James Cromwell, Country Manager, Intertek
11:50	IMO 2020: An Africa supplier’s perspective Lebene Ledi, Managing Director, Sea Maiden Shipping Services Ltd
12:10	IMO 2020: A bunker buyer’s perspective Musa Ado Ibn Saidu, Head of Manning & Safety, Sea Transport Services Nigeria Ltd
12:30	Panel Discussion / Q&A
13:00	Networking Lunch
SESSION 3: LEGAL ISSUES
This session will look at legal issues in bunkering, including how to avoid or deal with expensive bunker claims.
14:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
14:10	Bunker claims Nigel Draffin, Technical Consultant, Author and Lecturer, Board Member, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
14:30	Legal issues in Nigeria Jean Chiazor Anishere, Principal Counsel, Jean Chiazor & Co (Ofianyi Chambers)
14:50	Legal issues in Ghana Augustine Kidisil, Barrister and Solicitor, Kimathi Partners
15:10	Panel Discussion / Q&A
15:30	Networking Coffee Break
SESSION 4: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This session will look at the Blue Economy and how sustainable development is playing an increasingly important role in how the maritime sector operates, from ports to shippers and beyond.
16:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
16:10	The Blue Economy Jean Chiazor Anishere, Principal Counsel, Jean Chiazor & Co (Ofianyi Chambers)
16:30	Sustainable development in African ports
16:50	African shippers: what do they require? Timothy Kwame Oklu, Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Ventures
17:10	Panel Discussion / Q&A
17:30	End of Conference Sessions
19:00	Maritime Week Africa 2018 Reception and Dinner
THURSDAY 12 JULY
08:00	Welcome Coffee
SESSION 5: DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICAN BUNKERING
This session will examine the latest developments in Ghana’s two main ports, Tema and Takoradi, and look at what is happening in Nigeria’s bunker market.
09:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
09:10	Tema: Rejuvenating Accra’s nearest port Kumi Adjei-Sam, General Manager – Fishing Harbour, Port of Tema
09:30	Takoradi: Serving Ghana’s offshore oil and gas sector Peter Amoo-Bediako, Deputy Marketing & Public Affairs Manager, Port of Takoradi
09:50	Djibouti: Developments in Namibia’s shipping and bunkering sector Abdi Ismail Kahin, General Manager, Red Sea Bunkering
10:10	Panel Discussion / Q&A
10:30	Networking Coffee Break
SESSION 6: EDUCATION, TRAINING, ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
This session looks at training and education as a means of preparing individuals for working in the oil and gas, shipping and bunkering sectors. But it also looks at some of the unseen problems that can occur, especially at sea, and how some entities are working hard to improve maritime lives.
11:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
11:10	The importance of higher education as a stepping stone into the maritime industry Capt. Catherine Haizel, Senior Lecturer, Regional Maritime University of Ghana
11:30	Maritime training and ethical practice: global issues in need of attention Nigel Draffin, Technical Consultant, Author and Lecturer, Board Member, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
11:50	When things go wrong at sea, who is available to help? Adam Stacey, Director of Development, Sailors’ Society
12:10	Panel Discussion / Q&A
12:20	Chair's Closing Remarks Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
12:30	Networking Lunch
TECHNICAL FIELD TRIP*
14:30-18:00	* Subject to sufficient demand, there will be a technical field trip to visit the port of Tema. A bus will leave the Labadi Beach Hotel at approximately 14:30 and will return at or before 18:00.
End of Maritime Week Africa 2018